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May 11, 2015

Anniversary Winner and Giveaway

Good Monday, everyone! It is a beautiful day here in Utah after a week of cloudy and rainy weather (and lots of rain we need!). Perfect day to announce the winner of last week's giveaway, and to launch another one:

Congrats
to 10 years of quilting! My mom hooked me on the quilting train when I
was a teenager about 13 or 14 I think. Ironically while I'm still
driving with this train my mom now get most of the quilts I'm making but
I still wait for the one she started to make for me shortly after she
started quilting (about 20 years ago).

Congratulations, Hildy!You will be getting an email from me shortly.

As for me, I am still going down memory lane and looking at the quilts I made since 2005. This one is called Arabian Nights II (see original post here). I designed it and made it in 2012 after I took classes on how to use Quiltsmart products. Up to that time, I had not made the Drunkard's Path block because I did not want to stitch circles...

I designed another one using Drunkard's Path and only two fabrics, red and white. The picture I have is not that great so I will be taking another one and showing it to you next week.

In the meantime, this week's giveaway in celebration of my 10th Anniversary as a quilter is provided by Martingale:

An eVersion book of your choice! Just go to Martingale's site and choose your book, making sure it does has an eVersion (most of them do). Here is today's question [added belatedly!]: Do you prefer piecing the old fashioned way, or using products that provide shortcuts? Which product?

As before, to enter the giveaway leave a comment (leave another one to tell me you follow my blog
for an extra chance to win), and if you are a no-reply blogger, make
sure to leave your email address (you can write it like this so you
won't get spam emails: mary(at)everywhere(dot)com). The giveaway ends
this Friday, May 15, at 5pm, and the winner will be announced on Monday,
May 18 (when we will have another giveaway).

If you mean by the old way using scissors and hand-piecing then no, no I don't use the old ways. I love my sewing machine and my cutting mat and rotary cutter and rulers. But I don't need things like fancy rulers (one for every project) or things like Accu-cutter either. And I love precuts! What I love especially is making old quilts with modern fabrics and I would love the ebook 'Civil War Remembered'.

Congratulations on the anniversary! I would love the Civil War Legacy book and, as for technique, it depends. I prefer cutting triangle shapes to doing fold-over corners but I love most every other new technique! pbstrand@msn.com

I've been quilting for three years and have so many quilts I want to make yet. I'll be at it for many years to come. I have a great group of friends I quilt with on Tuesdays which has been so good for me as an individual and as a quilter. 10 years goes by quickly.

I love the book " Feathers that fly" ! It is on my wishlist!!!Lately I have been using a gluestick while paperpiecing complex starblocks to make sure the fabric in the points doesn't shift while sewing. Estheresthersipatchandquilt at yahoo comipatchandquilt dot wordpress dot com

I forgot to add that I like piecing with the new shortcuts - most of the time. I started quilting before rotary cutters were big - so I enjoy the quick way to cut fabric now. I'm also really into using any "new" rulers that help the cutting go faster.sfernkopf@yahoo.com

my Mom would have loved all the new time saving goodies we have today.. I am lucky to have a rotary cutter, Accuquilt die cutter, plastic templates, computerized sewing machines, precut fabrics, and all the wonderful books and ideas available today

Howdy and congratulations! What a neat giveaway, and so hard to choose. I would be torn between Pat Sloan's applique book, and Melissa Corry's Irish chain book. LOL I mostly do things the old ways, but I do love my rotary cutter and mat!

I adore my rotary cutter. I consider that new compared to creating templates for each piece, tracing onto the fabric with pencil around each template, cutting each piece of fabric with scissors, and hand piecing and hand quilting everything.

I would go with Stack, Shuffle, and Slide - A New Technique for Stack the Deck QuiltsBy Karla Alexander. I prefer to piece the old way since the products are either not available or too expensive on our market. Thanks.

I like to use rotary cutters with the rulers that go with them. That's as modern as I usually get with my shortcuts. My first quilt, I made cardboard templates and traced around them. That was a long time ago!If I were lucky enough to win, I would choose the book "Sew Merry and Bright".

I do enjoy my rotary cutter and quilting rulers when I piece. It just makes it more accurate and easier. Cutting is my least favorite part! I looked at several books on Martingdale's site and chose this one:Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe

Happy Anniversary! Your quilt is gorgeous and I love the colours. I would quilt using the old fashioned way - meaning with sewing needle and thread, and cutting out each shape by hand etc. - but I am glad we have rotary cutters and sewing machines that way we can make more! I really appreciate handmade work and the time it takes to make. There are so many books at Martingale that I would love to have - thanks for the chance to win one.Paulineperry94022 at hotmail dot com

I don't generally do anything that uses templates, and I prefer paper piecing over most other things. Of course I use plenty of modern tools. The book I like is Quilts Made with Love - To Celebrate, Comfort, and Show You Care.

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